I’ve got a Baratza encore which has served faithfully for ~5 years. Lately I noticed the setting jumps around a bunch as I’m grinding, or at least the apparent position of the hopper is moving several clicks worth of distance. Gave it a take-apart and cleaning and noticed the rubber gasket is starting to get worn/torn at the “slots”. Is that likely to be my issue? Or do I have worse problems? I also noticed that Baratza doesn’t have these in stock now :-/
It needs to have three little wings on the outside of the ring. These fit into the threads in the screw-like adjustment mechanism.
Mine looked good until I realized two of the three wings had broken clean off and disappeared.
It’s a big part of why they say to adjust the grind with the motor running. If you change it to a finer grind while beans are wedged in the burrs you’re putting pressure on these fragile wings.
upper burr carrier wings are looking good to me
looks like they are carrying a new type of hopper gasket now and its back in stock